In The Federalist, James Madison addresses the age-old problem of reconciling democracy and political power. He makes the following quote, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself."

In the quote, Madison's argues that human nature is less than angelic. Madison considers a government that operates as a monopoly, while also extracting tribute from the residents of the territory it controls. Madison believes that if we all are angels, no state would be necessary, and if angels were the governors, they would require neither internal nor external constraints to ensure that they governed justly. Madison believes that because men are not angels, having a government entity is the best conceivable choice.

Madison believed that government entities should operate its constitutional rights and laws with the interest of man. The government should be a reflection of human nature, and its citizens should always try to control the abuses of government. Examples, of governments that try to effectively uphold the practices of operating its constitutional rights and laws with the interest of man include the United States and Great Britain.

For example, a recent political event that illustrates the United States commitment to operating its government in a manner that reflects human nature is when President Barack Obama sent predator combat drones as well as, twenty five million dollars to the rebel army in Libya (Hannah 2011). President Obama did this to aid the residents in Libya in their uprising to protest the corrupt practices of the government. President Obama realized that Libya residents are trying to control the abuses of their...

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1. Monitor your emotional reactions. Be aware of when you’re having debilitative emotions.
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...﻿No Angel
At some point, everyone will have to experience the situation of losing a close relative. No one would ever be fully ready for that occasion and therefore, when it happens many people go through a breakdown. Losing someone close to you is hard, you will constantly miss the person, and the memories of them will keep recurring, and in some cases you also start imagining them appearing in a spiritual form. This situation is shown in the short story “NoAngel” written by Bernie McGill in 2010.
The protagonist, Annie, is going through a tough time being the only one alive in the family of four: Annie, her parents, and her little brother, Robbie. At the age of 17, Robbie was murdered and left on the street like rubbish. That left Annie’s mother in shock, which caused her death six months after. For twenty-two years, Annie stayed alone with her father until he died too of damaged lungs. The deaths of her family was a tragedy, and that is why Annie is still having a hard time letting go, for that reason she created her own imagination of her father appearing beside her from time to time, where she could talk with him.
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...﻿No Angel
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...﻿A. No Angel
”No Angel” is a short written by Bernie McGill in 2010 in the anthology ”The Best British Short Stories 2011”. In ”No Angel” we follow Annie, our main character, through her experiences with seeing her dead family members, mostly her dead father.
The story takes place in a contemporary Northern Ireland, where the fights between Protestants and Catholics have turned violent. And has cost catholic Annie her brother, Robbie, which later cost her, her mother.
The short story’s story is told in a first person narrative, where we through flashbacks follow Annie, as she tells bout her encounters with her father, starting just two weeks after his funeral. We only sees the events through Annie’s eyes, and we only hear her thoughts, not much are mentioned about her, other than she briefly dated Thomas, a protestant, who her dead father did not approve of, because of their religious difference.
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Sometimes, the loss of beloved ones can be so heartbreaking that you might still see them in your daily life despite the fact that they are already dead. This could give you the comfort of them still being around, while you can still carry out conversations and feel like they are alive. The protagonist, Annie, experiences this supernatural situation in the short story “No Angel” written by Bernie McGill in 2011.
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...﻿ Essay on “No Angel”
Marriage across religion can be a huge issue. This deeply depends on the devotion towards religion that the two families have. When one family feels negative emotions towards the marriage because of religion it can be very difficult for the other party to understand these concerns. A family which only likes their own religion or dislikes another can be troublesome to explain, especially if the disliking family is dead and she is willingly to stay inside the limits of the family. In “No Angel” by Bernie McGill from 2011 the protagonist luckily does not have to make this horrible decision.
In particular by using supernatural elements and composition the story depicts the difficulties between marriage and religion.
Though the determination of the families religions is rather doubtful to be precise, we know that the religion could be an issue but “[t]hey were far too middle class for religion to be an issue”(l. 42). This strongly suggests that they do not belong to the same religion. The name Thomas is Hebrew and is used in the Bible. This could mean that their family is Jewish but since Christianity originates from Judaism they could be Christians as well, but the fact that Annie's father calls him a “land grabber” implies that he is an immigrant and the father is against that.
The obvious reason for this is the way someone killed his son Robbie. They beat him up and let him lie like “a bag of rubbish...

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